Microsoft

Sr. Product Manager- Windows Engineering Systems

Microsoft$119K — $234K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development, or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred: Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years in product management, program management, software engineering, or related field.
  • Experience delivering software products or developer tools.
  • Strong analytical skills and data-driven decision-making.
  • Demonstrated ability to define product strategy and execute across multiple engineering teams.
  • Experience with AI-powered products, copilots, or LLM-based solutions.
  • Understanding of software validation, failure analysis, and debugging methodologies.

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the vision for AI-assisted test failure analysis.
  • Build AI-powered experiences to analyze engineering workflows and provide insights.
  • Transform test failure analysis into a streamlined, data-driven process.
  • Enhance productivity by reducing investigation time and integrating AI diagnostics.
  • Establish metrics and frameworks aimed at improving quality and reducing no-repro outcomes.
  • Collaborate with various engineering teams to implement trusted AI solutions.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to significantly impact software quality and engineering productivity.
  • Access to cutting-edge AI and engineering technology.
  • Collaboration within a large, diverse team environment.
  • Engagement in high-visibility projects affecting thousands of developers.
  • Potential for involvement in cross-organizational initiatives with measurable impacts.
Full Job Description
Overview

Windows + Devices powers experiences for more than a billion users worldwide, building the platforms and products that enable Microsoft's Windows and Surface ecosystems. The Windows Engineering System is the foundation that enables engineers to design, build, validate, and ship Windows at massive scale with high quality and security.Windows Engineering Systems currently runs 30 million machine-years of testing every night, providing critical quality signals to more than 5,000 developers across the organization. As engineering velocity continues to accelerate with AI-assisted development, we have an opportunity to fundamentally transform how software validation, failure diagnosis, and quality engineering are performed.

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead the Windows Quality Signal AI strategy. In this role, you will define and deliver AI-powered experiences that help engineers diagnose failures faster, surface likely root causes, improve software quality, and strengthen validation signals across Windows engineering.Your work will directly improve Windows quality, engineering productivity, and the effectiveness of validation systems used by thousands of developers across Microsoft.

Responsibilities
  • Define and drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap for AI-assisted test failure analysis across Windows Engineering Systems.
  • Build Copilot- and MCP-powered experiences that analyze test artifacts, logs, telemetry, and error signals to surface actionable root-cause insights directly within engineering workflows.
  • Transform test failure analysis from a fragmented, manual investigation process into a streamlined experience that brings together relevant data, historical signals, and quality insights across engineering systems.
  • Improve developer productivity by reducing investigation time, minimizing context switching, and integrating AI-assisted diagnostics into the engineering inner loop.
  • Establish success metrics, AI evaluation frameworks, and quality measures focused on adoption, resolution effectiveness, signal quality, and reductions in no-repro outcomes.
  • Partner across Engineering Systems, Quality Engineering, Azure DevOps, and Copilot platform teams to deliver trusted AI solutions that improve validation quality and release confidence


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development.
    • OR equivalent experience.

Additional or preferred qualifications

Other Requirements: Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years of experience in product management, program management, software engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience delivering software products, engineering systems, developer tools, or platform services.
  • Experience working on software quality, testing, validation, debugging, CI/CD systems, engineering infrastructure, or developer productivity solutions.
  • Demonstrated ability to define product strategy and execute across multiple engineering organizations.
  • Strong analytical skills and a data-driven approach to decision-making.
  • Strong written, verbal, and executive communication skills.
  • Experience building AI-powered products, copilots, agents, or LLM-based solutions.
  • Experience defining AI evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, and quality measurement systems.
  • Familiarity with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, test infrastructure, and engineering workflows.
  • Experience designing or operating large-scale distributed systems and cloud services.
  • Understanding of software validation, failure analysis, test automation, and debugging methodologies.
  • Proven track record of leading ambiguous, cross-organizational initiatives that deliver measurable business impact.


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Product Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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